Thomas Carnacki is the experimental music project of Gregory Scharpen, a Bay Area–based sound designer, film editor, and radio broadcaster. Named after the psychic detective from William Hope Hodgson's classic ghost stories, Thomas Carnacki conjures immersive, dreamlike soundscapes using found sounds and unconventional objects—including rocks, glass vessels, and even live scorpions. Thomas Carnacki music has accompanied dance pieces, films, plays, and outdoor installation spectacles across the continent and internationally. For the SF Electronic Music Festival, Scharpen is joined by composer, field recordist, and instrument builder Cheryl Leonard, known for her work that explores natural environments, as well as multi-instrumentalist and acoustic and electronic improviser Gregory Hagan.

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